GUO Changgang,Ph.D., is Professor and Director of the Center for Global Studies, Director for Humanities and Social Sciences Research at Shanghai University. Dr. Guo has been a Fulbright Visiting Scholar to the U.S. Department of State; Director, Chinese Association of Religious Studies; Director, Chinese Association of Ancient and Medieval World History; Director, Shanghai Association of World History; Director, Shanghai Association for Religious Studies; and Director, Shanghai Association for American Studies. Dr. Guo has published four books and his recent research fields are Global Studies, Religion and Global Politics, Western Social and Cultural History.
Turkey: An Increasing Interest for Chinese Academia
In recent years, Sino-Turkish relations have grown increasingly close. Sino-Turkish trade, for instance, saw a sharp rise from $4.87 billion in 2005 to $19 billion in 2012, a rise of 292.09 percent. In 2005, 44,077 Chinese citizens traveled to Turkey, and this number rose to 114,582 in 2012—a 159.96 percent increase. 2013 has seen such an overwhelming number of visits and travels to Turkey from China that the Chinese government has adopted some restrictive measures, such as limiting the number of delegations from various levels of government and universities that can make the trip.
